Jul 28, 2018 | Media, News
Interview of the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic to a correspondent of the DPR official website. A number of important issues have not been resolved for a long time due to the position of Ukraine, which shows no interest in implementing the Minsk Agreements. DPR Ombudsman...
Jul 27, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
Christianization gave our ancestors freedom – the freedom of choice between Good and Evil, and the victory of Orthodoxy gave Russia a thousand-year history L.N. Gumilev There are fateful periods in history that determine the paths and development prospects of nations. 1030 years ago, one of...
Jul 20, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights July 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of human rights activist Nelson Mandela. The Nelson Mandela Day was established by the United Nations in recognition of the...
Jun 29, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
Last week, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published the 22nd Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine (February 16 to May 15, 2018). Despite the fact that the document not as long as all the previous ones, the authors paid attention...
Jun 15, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
The meeting of the humanitarian subgroup showed again that the responsibility for non-fulfilment of the sixth paragraph of the Package of Measures for the Implementation if the Minsk Agreements lies squarely with Kiev. The representatives of the Ukrainian side do not attend the talks, so no results have been...
Jun 8, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
The United Nations Organization, adopting the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has defined freedom from torture as absolute, not subject to any restrictions under any circumstances. Thus, Article 5 of the Declaration reads: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment...
Jun 5, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
The Human Rights Ombudsman in the Donetsk People’s Republic Daria Morozova held a working meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Nils Melzer. At the meeting, some pressing issues were discussed, such as using unlawful methods of interrogation against...
Jun 1, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
Five key issues have been discussed at the meeting of the humanitarian subgroup in Minsk that took place on May 30: the signing of the Declaration on the Prohibition of Torture Against Prisoners; the exchange under the “all confirmed for all confirmed” formula; the search for missing persons; the...
May 25, 2018 | News, Overview of the social and humanitarian situation
The Maidan events changed not only the policy of Ukraine, they changed the conscience of people, and their destinies. People who came to power under the slogans of European values, respect for human rights and freedoms, unleashed a civil war and began to kill and wound civilians in...
May 24, 2018 | Comments and statements of the Ombudsman, News
“I would like to make it clear that the fact that Mr Ruban is included into the exchange list does not mean his relation to the Donetsk People’s Republic. The relations with him were only connected to the procedure of preparation of the exchanges, before signing Minsk Agreements. I...
